Contributor moderatelymodest

Every copy of Ubuntu should have GCC and the C Standard libraries available by default. You should not need to download them in order to write and compile C programs.

I think more Windows users would try out Ubuntu if they could just double click an .exe file instead of going into a command prompt, browsing to the folder and then typing "wine *.exe" to install the program.

I like how Ubuntu adds shortcuts on the desktop and the "start menu" after you install the program making it easy to run but installing Windows software needs to be easier.

I've had this in mind for a while and have wondered why it hasn't yet been implemented . . .

What prevents the distribution install, either during the installation, or on first boot, from detecting the specific hardware of the machine on which it's been installed, and producing a custom installation of the OS? Effectively, 'lspci', "Oh, you have that particular piece of hardware, no need for /that/ module, but *this* one is exactly what you need."

Advantages:
* unneeded kernel modules definitely not in memory, because ...
* unneeded kernel modules no longer kept on disk
* if compiled, can be compiled /exactly/ for user hardware
* faster startup as only needed modules are available/scanned

On a related note, what keeps the installation from compiling (perhaps optionally) a custom kernel, with gcc optimizations for the individual machine, processor, ram, etc?

Hello there,
Yes, an E-mail Real-Time Antivirus in Ubuntu would be good for. . Windows users!

Because, emails come from and go to Windows users so, even although Ubuntu users cannot be infected by windows virus, other users can be infected, indeed.

As well, the Antivirus could be used to scan Windows partitions in our PCs (and -even- to scan for possible linux virus!?).

Currently, real-time email antivirus are pretty hard to make it working or simply do not work in most if not all AV for linux.

Regards,
Victor

when i choose a recovery mode in grub, it automatically log me in as root. i find this very dangerous, because anyone can restart the computer, start recovery mode a make some critical changes in my system...
i'd like to see the recovery mode protected somehow

One of the reasons game consoles are so popular is that they provide a uniform runtime environment. Game developers have certain 'givens' that they can assume when they develop a game - system performance, graphics capability, controller availability, etc. This means that the game works the same on everyone's console.

But in the PC gaming world, the game developers must be aware of and test for many different hardware and software configurations. This makes games for PCs less reliable and adds to the expense of development.

I propose developing a sort of test suite for ubuntu (or other distros) that can evaluate system performance to determine if a specific game can work on a users machine. This could be integrated with something similar to valve's steam, but built with open source code. The goal is to make something that eases the pain of testing and distribution for game developers, smoothing the path to more commercial (and open source) games on linux.

From the user side:
- a way to evaluate system capabilities, to determine what games can work.
- a guarantee that games that qualify on their system will actually work.
- a way to install games online, for ubuntu probably just providing a front end for packages.
- a way to buy commercial games online.

From the developer side:
- ability to code to a specific performance level on the users' machine.
- guarantees of a consistent runtime environment, with much of the burden of testing resting on the community developed tools rather than on the individual developer.
- an easy way to distribute commercial or noncommercial games on linux at low/no cost.

I just put in a Brainstorm with a typo in the title. You should be able to fix this.

When choosing random ideas from the side of the page, none of the ideas that show up should be ones I have already rated. I have obviously already rated them, and am now looking for new ideas to consider. I believe it would make random ideas a little smoother, because ideas previously rated would not show up wasting space.

There is no possibility in the gui to synchronize for example every 15 minutes computertime and ntp-time. It would be nice to have an indication window for the two times and the possibility to synchronize the time instantly and get a response.

Since Ubuntu like to be an user friendly distribution, I can not understand why an editor like vi is pre-installed. VI should be replaced through VIM or an other 'easy to use' editor.

There should be an editor like edit.com from DOS, which is self explained.